Having moved to France in 2012, Janine Marsh started blogging about her new life as a way to keep in touch with friends and family still in the UK. However before she even had time to get to grips with the local lingo, she found she was getting 60,000 hits a month! Now with over 1.5 million visitors a […]
Take #TheEasyWay with Voyages-sncf.com
How would you try to spread the word about a website upgrade and site renaming within the British market? Well, Voyages-sncf.com decided to create a video to promote their new look, promoting it under #TheEasyWay hashtag. The concept was developed by TBWA/Paris and produced by Else and Hungry Man with the aim of taking a light-hearted look […]
It's a crime scene …
Speculation grows as to the disappearance of the Magellan Lindt Chocolate Bunnies. This close family grouping of 25 rabbits has just vanished, leaving in their wake a thin skin of gold foil (some still bearing their imprint) and red collars with tiny bells. Detectives admit to being baffled although sources say that suspicion is growing […]
The Lifecycle of a Lindt Chocolate Bunny
If only this happened in real life! Happy Easter everyone from the Magellan team. Magellan PR is on Twitter: @MagellanPR / on Facebook: MagellanPR / on Pinterest: Sue Lowry / on Google+: Sue Lowry & MagellanPR and on Flickr: Sue Lowry. For more information on our company, visit www.magellan-pr.com. Follow our other blog focussing on […]
We are proud to unveil our new website ….
We are proud to present to you our new website – www.magellan-pr.com. It looks similar in style but there is a subtle difference – it’s now more accessible, more user friendly and more streamlined – re-designed from visitor feedback yet keeping the look that we liked from our old site. Details of all our social media […]
Social Media Personalities: Meet the Dude behind TravelDudes!
For the second in our Social Media Personalities series, we talk to Melvin Boecher of the extremely popular website TravelDudes. Always positive, always helpful, always good fun (and always ready for a beer!), Melvin has been very successful in his chosen career and is an inspiring example of what you can achieve, if you put […]
Social Media Personalities: Meet the Isabelle behind Isabelle's Travel Guide
Photo courtesy of Kash Bhattacharya In a new series, MagellanStraits interviews influential social media personalities. The gifted and likeable writer, blogger and photographer, Isabelle Kenis of Isabelle’s Travel Guide (and hashtag group #BeachThursday founder) has kindly agreed to be our first interviewee. What social media streams do you use? Facebook, Pinterest, Google + for both Isabelle`s Travel Guide […]
Five things you didn't know about Santa Monica Pier!
The famous Santa Monica Pier is a landmark of Los Angeles and California and has served as an icon for summer fun on the beach for many years. Did you know… Santa Monca Pier is now over 100 years old - It was completed 9th September 1909 after sixteen months of construction. Thousands of people swarmed onto the […]
Lights, Camera… Action for Film Concierge Kolene Elliot at The Fairmont Royal York, Toronto
The Fairmont Royal York is considered one of the most luxurious hotels in Toronto and with its hand-painted ceilings, ornate furnishings and crystal chandeliers, it is no wonder the magnificent property has become a popular destination for movie filming. ‘The Tuxedo’ staring Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt along with the recent blockbuster hit ‘Red’ […]
I can't believe I have been tweeting for a year now …
It’s been a year since I was introduced by @aceglobetrotter to Twitter on a press trip - literally forced to post something - under her kind guidance. Her hand-holding was vital at the beginning as it is quite simply terrifying to post your first tweet - I remember it oh so well. Now a year […]